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US Eyelights August Number : 27 August 2021 Sankara Nethralaya USA Sankara Nethralaya USA 9710, Traville Gateway Drive No.392, Rockville, MD 20850 e-mail : [email protected] Sankara Nethralaya’s new centre at R. A. Puram August 2021 2 Sankara Nethralaya Fundraiser – A Grand Success Sankara Nethralaya (SN) is a non-profit charity organization providing ophthalmic (eye) care throughout India. For the last four decades, SN has treated millions of patients. Sankara Nethralaya USA (SN USA) was formed in the USA thirty years ago so NRIs could contribute to help mission of SN. SN USA, based in the USA, has received the highest rating of four stars by Charity Navigator for maintaining financial accountability and fiscal transparency for funds donated by donors and how they are utilized towards the stated cause. Every year, Sankara Nethralaya USA organizes Indian classical dance and music programs in various cities to raise awareness and raise funds. Because of the pandemic, all programs have been conducted virtually. As part of our mid-year campaign, Kalaratna Vidwan Flute Nagaraju Talluri gave a devotional flute music concert on July 25th, 2021. He performed the following songs: Ÿ Maha Ganapateem - Lord Ganesh Ÿ Adivo Alladivo - Annamayya Ÿ Janani Janani - Tamil song by Ilayaraja Ÿ Shyam Teri Bansi- Hindi- Lata Mangeshkar Ÿ Bhagyada Laxmi Baaramma- Kannada Ÿ Tandanaanaa Hare - Annamayya Ÿ Payoji Maine Raam Ratan Dhan Payo - Hindi - Meera bhajan Ÿ Harivaraasanam – a popular Malayalam song for Ayyappa Swami first sung by Shri K. J. Yesudas Ÿ Shankara Nada Sharirapara - SPB - Sankarabharanam Ÿ Sathyam Shivam Sundaram - Hindi - Lata Mangeshkar 3 August 2021 Sankara Nethralaya executive committee members - President Emeritus S V Acharya, President Bala Reddy Indurti, Vice President Moorthy Rekapalli, Secretary Srinivas Ganagoni, Treasurer Banumati Ramkrishnan, Joint Secretary Sowmiya Narayanan, Joint Treasurer Raja Krishnamurti, and Past President Leela Krishnamurthy appealed the audience through TV channels to support the cause and help indigent blind patients in India. Virtual music concert was broadcasted in the following major channels: ManaTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g52jaxiPe1I TVAsia Telugu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVEzgUI8nmk Saakshi TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWKhCEjTOV0 TV5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtHjP2nthGQ GNN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxXoGUQzCVk Viewers thoroughly enjoyed the concert and Sankara Nethralaya midyear campaign raised significant amount to restore the vision to many indigent blind patients in India. Kudos to the fundraising team, philanthropists, and the community for their unconditional support. President Bala Reddy Indurti, President Emeritus S V Acharya thanked all the Trustees and Volunteers who are working selflessly to restore vision for indigent patients. Vice President Moorthy Rekapalli thanked the efforts of Sankara Nethralaya USA and the service of NRIs. President of Sankara Nethralaya India, Dr. Girish Rao elaborated various services provided by Nethralaya to the needy people during pandemic. Special thanks to Shyam Appali, Prameela Gopu, Suresh Kumar, Theagarajan, and Sunita Doss for their assistance in organizing this program and taking care of technical aspects to present the content in different channels. Thanks are due to K.G. Venkatraman, Krishnaraj Bhat, Dr. Raj Modi, Dr. Reddy Urimindi, Srini Vangimalla, Shankar Setty, Jagannath Vedula, Narayan Indurthi, Upendra Rachupally, Rajasekhar Aila, Ravi Maraka, and Prasad Rani for promoting the event in social media, and TV channels. Thanks, are also due to media partners ManaTV, TVAsia Telugu, SakshiTV, TV5, GNN, US1, and Tori for promoting Sankara Nethralaya activities. If you have any questions, feel free to reach our committee members at the following link: https://www.sankaranethralayausa.org/committee-members.html Special Discussion with Sri S. V. Acharya, President Emeritus, SN USA on Mana TV International HD The Founder of Sankara Nethralaya USA, Mr. S. V. Acharya and his wife Mrs. Nirmala Acharya were interviewed by Mana TV and the interview was broadcasted by ManaTV on July 23rd, 2021. Mr. & Mrs. Acharya spoke about their meeting with SN Founder Living Legend, Padma Bhushan Dr. S. S. Badrinath, their involvement with SN and the growth of Sankara Nethralaya USA during past 33 years. Please click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0788I0UDVpA to view the interview. We thank Leela Krishnamurthy and Narayan Reddy Indurthi for coordinating musical concerts and the walkathon event in Houston TX. For more information and to donate please visit us at https://www.sankaranethralayausa.org If you like to donate using PayPal please click the following link: https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1769240 4 Record Breaking Fundraiser by Kannan Family For Deserving Patients Five years ago, a then-12-year old Jay Kannan and his family held their first fundraiser, by hosting a charity talent night, for Sankara Nethralaya Ophthalmic Mission Trust, USA (SNUSA). Jay had seen a video at an event a few months prior about Sankara Nethralaya, which described the organization and their goals. The video impacted Jay deeply, the activities of Sankara Nethralaya inspired him and he wanted to do something to help the needy patients. His parents, Amuthan and Vidya, encouraged him in this noble endeavor. Because of his own love for music, Jay thought of the idea of doing a charity talent night. He started out by asking his friends in the local community if they would be willing to perform. As more and more of his friends got on board, Jay’s talent night started to become more of a reality. The Kannans’ first concert was held in the basement of their home. With help from their friends, they put on their first, successful benefit concert and collected about $2,500. In the next two years, they raised around $3,000 each year. In the summer of 2020, they held the talent night virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with virtual performances from over 20 kids. Since it was virtual, kids from other parts of the country were also able to participate and contribute. They ended up raising over $4,000 in 2020, helping provide free surgeries and restore eyesight for about 65 people. Recently, on June 19th 2021 Jay organized an in-person concert with some virtual elements added to it to accommodate those still affected by the pandemic. This year, an outdoor concert with live performances was arranged, which included virtual performances from those that were not able to attend in-person. The Kannans beat their old records and collected a new high of over $6,000. Jay and his family enjoy putting this event together every year, as it helps deserving patients who benefit from the free surgeries. These fundraising events also allow the families and their children in the community to be actively involved in philanthropic works and understand the power we all have to make a difference. Sankara Nethralaya USA’s Walkathon for Indigent Patients The Houston Chapter of the SN Ophthalmic Mission Trust (SNUSA) headed by Sri Narayan Reddy Indurthi, and Srimati Leela Krishnamurthy, Past President, organized a month-long walkathon event to increase awareness about the Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai and SN USA among the Houston Community. The walkathon challenge, which started on 1st June and ended on 30th June, 2021, was received in a very positive light by the Houston community. Fifty-five participants registered for the SN Walkathon on the Pacer App. The daily target was the completion of 10,000 steps each day for every participant and the monthly target was 300,000 steps for each participant. The participation was enthusiastic and a fun way to involve the close-knit Houston Community. The top five participants will receive surprise gifts for completing their goals with enthusiasm. The walkathon raised awareness of the mission to bring vision to indigent patients and the ability to bring hope to a deserving patient’s life. The event promoted many people to ask about ways to contribute to SN Chennai and other ways to become involved in the community services. Events like these help us spread the awareness of Sankara Nethralaya’s charitable services in their communities. We thank Sri Narayan Reddy Indurthi, Head of Huston chapter and Srimati Leela Krishnamurthy, Past President, for their untiring commitment to spreading awareness of SN’s mission to fight against preventable blindness. 5 August 2021 Sri A Jagannathan Memorial Concert Series Completes 300 concerts The Sri A Jagannathan Memorial Concert series organized by Sankara Nethralaya USA’s Joint Secretary & Trustee Mr. Sowmiyanarayan in memory of his father, Sri A Jagannathan completes 300 concerts. Over the one-year period, Sri Sowmiyanarayan organized 300 concerts and gave opportunities for more than 450 artists from the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. The fundraising concert series was created by Sri Sowmiyanarayan to honor his father’s memory. His son, Sanjith Narayanan, and his violin teacher, Sri Kamalkiran Vinjamuri helped arrange the concerts. Initially scheduled only for ten days, the virtual concert series proved to be so popular it was extended multiple times and became an ongoing music concert series. The extremely talented great-granddaughters of the unforgettable Bharat Ratna Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi and Sangeetha Ratnakara Dr. Radha Vishwanathan:- S. Aishwarya and S. Saundarya, performed for our grand landmark of reaching 150 concerts. Young and talented artists from Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, UAE, UK, USA, Singapore, and Sweden have come forward to perform for this good cause and showcase their unique talents. Your enthusiastic support and contributions have enabled Sankara Nethralaya to perform eye surgeries for over 2000 poor indigent patients over the past year. We thank you all for the tremendous support that you have given to Sankara Nethralaya and this festival. Sri Sowmiyanarayan thanks Sri Vibhu Rao (Mani Krishnaswami Academy), Sri Ramesh Sooryanarayanan ( Sai Rocks Studio), Chi. Sai Bharath (Sai Rocks Studio) and respected gurus.
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